, 1887-06-16

"Ai'. f1Tr no: been particularly
mentioned 'E writers. After the dis
every Of E'uea Strait III 1882. il was
Fe.-s'.-"2rrr1i by Capt. }ohu Kaud-
--'is Iii 5ae -mcrilan slGop Washing
'sH- who ~ June. 1883. ras5aG
through @I tIc waters s.Darqtiur
Vancouver island from tas mainlani.
''..t y...tp! '1uarn Ch2rlutta I-Iand-.
VII eli lac 3. rusi Na-hingtou's Land.
Not showing ,i.a Capt George Dix
on Gs! previously named tho -raun
IN lsN'. while III ms ve--rl. the Orren
charlotte. which Inc commanded at
( Tie u@" hH discovered and nqmcd
those Islands, knudrick vas the
ir-t person belonging to a civilized
nation who sailed through the Strait
Of ! ura after lis discovery br the
Greek pilot IN 1882.
In january, IT9L Captain George
Vancouver sailed from England in
the sap Discovery, accompanied by
the brig Chatham, under the com
maud o. Lieutenant Robert Brou-h-
ton, Tor the northwest coast of North
America "s a commissioner sent by
the British Government to explore
The COASTS Of America. and receive
I possession Of lands and buildings
aSre2'ably to the convention with
spain.
After calling at the Sandwich Is
lands the TWO vessels reached the
American coast a little south Of Cape
Aicntccino in April, 1892, and on the
fast Of May they commenced the cx-
p,oTation OF Euca Strait and the adj
jacont waters, and made careful sur
vcyz. FROM these surveys We have
The excellent admiralty charts, and
tLo names of Port Discovery, Port
Townsend, Admiralty Inlet, Hoods
, Canal, Puget Sound, Possession
Sound. nDUIt Hood, st. Heleus, Ra-
ner Baker and other names, most Of
winch remain W'.L Us TO the present
/ day. Mount Eanicr Is sometimes
called by its Indian name Tacoma,
meaning White or snow mountain.
lOHnt Baker Is called by the Clal-
/ tam5 / fkowitz, from PHhh twhitel,
and H"owH- imoUHtain. Rainier WAS
FIRST discovered hy Vancouver about
aluy 9Th. 1872, from Port Townsend
blum, and named in honor Of his
friend, bear Admiral Rainier, IL. N
Indian names toE places and things
are very SiIDpi" and descriptive, and
have mono Of the poetic meaning
which the Imaginative writer's give
miles inland from Hosett village at
/ t!atteEy Rocks, which IS marked on
/ the coast survey charts Lake Of tho
sun The Makah name Is knAOUk,
Lnoa.-ng Il large body Of fresh water
/ or simply Take The SJtL part Is I'M
aGina'ian. " ater Is ch'OHck, and III
/ Cnlnu"l iarGon, chUcE.
In l64l the AIorcaR Exploring
Expedition, under Captain Wilkes,
made IN extensive survey OF the Whole
/ Of The '-H-'r5 ConHerclaliy known rs
fu&c, Sound. and the charts OF that
survey though difficult to he pro
cured are among the most accurate
and bet c>eeutcl charts ever pub
lishCd i oUr Harbers.
/ After Ia" attempted settlement 10y
the Spauiar.ia at Neah Bay in 1892,
there appears 10 have been nothing
done until $50, when the Hudson
. Bay Company ostaoiished trading
post at AlsqHally, winch Tor several
. years was their principal headGuar-
ters north OF the Columbia river
In 1915 Col Michael I. Simmons
with his family settled at the mouth
OF the Dcschutcs river, now called
iumWater, and this marks the COM
mencement OF American settlement
Of what We now call Nestern Wash
lngtOn Territory. Col Simmons has
a right to the distinction Of beng en-
titled the pioneer settler of Puget
/ Sound. lie has been styled the Dan
Iel Boone OF Washington Territory,
frank, brave, generous hearted, and
/ true friend. Those OF US pioneers
who personally knew him can remem-
/ Der with pleasure his JoVlal, mirthiul
nature, and his kInd-hearted genial
! hospitality, that always helped
z friend, and never turned the
stranger from his door. lie and his
firm friend, Judge Sidney D Ford,
were true types OF noble pioneers OF
/ the ealIy days. But a5 honorable
mention has been mace oi the lc-
/ neers of the upper oEt!Ga OF the
/ Sound country, Ill tho eloquent ad-
dress OF our president, Hon, II. Ii.
Strive, ut our re-urion last year at
Seattle, L will briefly allude to the
prominent first settlers OF tho lower
Sound country whose names are al
ready recorded on the pages OF oqr
history, and speak OF names who, al
though not mentioned by the speak-
/ ers who have preceded me III our
annual address, have never been
forgotten by their brother pioneers.
On the 9th day OF April, 1881,
Alfred \. Plummer, sr., and Oh aries
Bachelor arrived i'll Port Townsend
Bay on the brig Emory, Capt. Balch,
from San Francisco and took up
claims on the present site OF Port
Townsend. L. October of the same
wear Francis W. PcttygroYe, ST. and
= 3. Hastings, ST., came to Port
townsend from Portland TO select
location and returned Tor their fam
lies, who ihey brought around from
the Columbia river in the schooner
Mary Tay!or. which arrived on Feb
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